EDOCCO Edo Culture Complex

FLOOR GUIDE

Showcasing Japanese culture at the vanguard of the “Cool Japan” concept, the Kanda Myoujin Hall event space is an incredible setting for gatherings of all kinds—from performances to business conferences—with famous gods of wealth, prosperity, and marriage enshrined close by.

Serving delicious lunch fare and desserts during the day and then homemade oden and select Japanese sake after 6 p.m., MASU MASU welcomes visitors into two different worlds of culinary delight.

At EDOCCO Studio, guests can take in performances of traditional arts and other shows over a nice, relaxed meal. The location also hosts a variety of workshops, introducing participants to different components of Japan’s traditional cultural heritage—including performing arts, kimono, and Japanese food—as well as subcultural themes on the cutting edge.

Kanda Myoujin, dating back roughly 1,300 years, enshrines three deities as a historical landmark for the Kanda, Nihombashi, Akihabara, Otemachi, and Marunouchi areas of central Tokyo.To celebrate the 1,300th anniversary of our founding in 730, we undertook a variety of new projects in hopes of enhancing the site’s appeal and presence. In addition to widening the approach to the shrine, thereby giving visitors a more comfortable, relaxing environment to enjoy, we also launched an initiative to build the EDOCCO Edo Culture Complex—a facility that not only upholds divine virtue but also serves to showcase culture both old and new. EDOCCO houses a variety of spaces, including Kanda Myoujin Hall (where visitors can check in for shrine visits, purchase amulets, food, drinks, and souvenirs, and take advantage of other features), a studio (giving visitors opportunities to experience a diverse array of traditional culture), and even a special lounge (replete with an outdoor garden).

Tradition × Innovation

At the heart of the EDOCCO concept is the vision of fusing tradition and innovation: carrying on the continuing legacy of Japanese tradition and, at the same time, creating new culture in a welcoming embrace of diverse cultural elements and values. In pursuing that ideal, EDOCCO will breathe new life into shrine Shintoism and Japanese culture.

EDOCCO’s core objectives:Three forms of exchange

Cultural exchange through explorations of Shinto

EDOCCO serves as a platform for showcasing shrine Shintoism and a variety of other cultural elements to visitors from around the world.

Value exchange through traditional arts and crafts

EDOCCO serves as an eye-opening gateway into Japan’s time-honored values, deepening visitors’ interests in the cultural landscapes of Tokyo and Japan.

Spiritual exchange through Edo-style hospitality

EDOCCO serves as a setting for spiritual exchange, with the “iki” aesthetic—a product of the Edo period—informing a captivating sense of hospitality.

The EDOCCO logo captures Kanda Myoujin’s unique aesthetic in a stylized rendering of the shrine’s gongen design. The distinctive ridges around the roof recall botan-ji (an Edo-period calligraphy style), while the EDOCCO font adapts higemoji (“whisker-styled” characters, also popular in the Edo period) lettering. The numbers of ridges and “whiskers” are both odd, keeping with the Japanese belief that odd numbers have auspicious connotations.

Gosha-den, EDO Culture Complex, and Myoujin Kaikan are connected by an underground walkway.

Chuo Line / Sobu Line :

5-minute walk from Ochanomizu Station (Hijiribashi Exit)

Keihin Tohoku Line / Yamanote Line :

7-minute walk from Akihabara Station (Electric Town Exit)

Marunouchi Line :

5-minute walk from Ochanomizu Station (Exit 1)

Chiyoda Line :

5-minute walk from Shin-Ochanomizu Station (Exit B1)

Ginza Line :

5-minute walk from Suehirocho Station

Hibiya Line :

7-minute walk from Akihabara Station

Paid parking available

space limited

Go through the torii gate in front of the shrine, follow the road, and enter
the parking lot through the side gate to the left of the Zuishin-mon.